Fishing-tackle box.



4J.- M. KERSEY. FISHING TAGKLB BOX.

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 2":,1907.

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JAMES M. KERSEY, OF PARSONS, KANSAS.

FISHING-TACKLE BOX.

To all 'uy/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. KERSEY, of Parsons, in the county of Labette, State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing Tackle Boxes, of which the following' is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to produce a strong, simple, compact, durable, and inexpensive box for containing fishing tackle,

or such other small articles as a fisherman needs to be provided with, and one which by the opening of the lid exposes to ready access every compartment of the box, and which when closed, affords adequate protection and closure to each one of the several compartments.

In the accompanying drawing, which constitutes a part of this specification, Figure I is a longitudinal section of one of' my boxes in its preferred form of embodiment with all its parts assembled in its closed position, and looking toward the rear end of the drawer which the box contains. Fig. II is a view similar to Fig. I, showing the box open, and in dotted lines the gate of the forward lid compartment open. Fig. III is a central vertical section of my box as if taken from Fig. I. Fig. IV is a detail view showing a portion of the gate of the forward lid compartment, and the means for closing the same, the closed position being shown in full lines, and the position for opening in dotted lines.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, 1 indicates the bottom, 2 and 8 the ends, el one side, and 5 the other of my box.

The several parts specilied are preferably cut from a single sheet of metal, for example tin, and the end and side pieces being bent into shape are united as by soldering. The entire upper edge of the box is preferably linished with a suit-able bead, formed as by infolding and indicated by the numeral 7. Extending transversely between the sidewalls 4e and 5, and preferably parallel to the ends 2 and 3, I provide vertical partitions 8 and 9, which extend from the bottom 1 to the top 10 of the lid. The sides 4 and 5 are provided with extensions 11 and 12, which also extend to the top 10 of the lid, and are united to the partitions 8 and 9, respectively, as by soldering. A bead 15 is preferably provided around the four sides 8, 9, 11, and 12.

1G and 17 respectively indicate the ends of the lid, whose side-pieces 18 and 19 are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 25, 1907.

Patented Mey 4, ieee.

Serial No. 380,795.

united to them at the several corners, the lid being, like the body of the box, preferably made of a single sheet of metal bent into shape and finished with a bead 20. The lid is hinged to the body preferably by a hinge 21, which unites the ends 2 and 16, respectively. rlhe opposite ends of the lid and body are preferably provided, respectively, with a hasp 22 and staple A padlock 2.4 may secure the hasp to the staple in the usual manner.

The upper part of the middle compartment of the body delined by the several walls 8, 9, 1l, and 12 is prefeably provided with a horizontal partition 25 located substantially in line with the upper edge of the body of the box. The partition 25 is preferably made of sheet metal like the box itself, and is secured to the walls which support it by the aid of solder. The compartment defined by the side-walls 8, 9, 11, and 12 and the horizontal partition 25 may be divided into any preferred number of sub-compartments, for each one of which the top 10 of the lid constitutes a secure covering. The number of compartments illustrated is three (compare Figs. I, Il, and III). They are delined by vertical partitions 2G and 27, which extend from the side extensions 11 and 12, respectively, and from the horizontal partition 25 to the top 10. The members 26, 27, 11, and 12 are preferably united at their several corners as by solder..

It has been specified that the space above the horizontal partition 25 maybe divided into any desired number of compartments. These compartments may be not only such as are separated by vertical partitions 25 and 2T, but they may be divided by horizontal partitions, of which the tray 28 is illustrative. The tray 28 at its opposite ends is supported upon brackets 29 andy 80, secured, respectively, to the wall extensions 1l and 12, and iills the space between th ose brackets and the top 10 of the lid. Vertical partitions 31 and 32 divide the tray into a plurality of compartments, to each of which the top 10 of the lid offers itself as a cover when the lid is closed.

rlhe space below the partition 25, delincd by the walls 4L, 8, and 9 and the bottom 1 of the body, is preferably lilled with a sliding drawer 33, whose front plate 34 is provided with a drawer-pull The plate 34C preferably extends as high as or above the edge defined by the bead 7, and is adapted to be engaged by the lower portion of the side-piece 18 of the lid when the lid is closed. By this means, the drawer, when closed, is secured by the closing of the one member, to wit, the lid of the box.

Upon opposite sides of the space defined between the partitions 8 and 9 appear compartnients 86 and 37, to which horizontal partitions 88 and 39 of substantially correspending extent afford covers, respectively, when the lid of the box is closed, as shown in Fig. I.

Then the lid is open, as shown in Fig. II, the partitions 88 and 89 display compart ments 40 and 41 in the lid. rIhe compartment 41 is readily adapted for the reception of articles inasmuch as the raising of the lid from the position shown in Fig. II, to the vertical position tends to confine any article, which the compartment 41 contains, within the compartment. Before the lid reaches the horizontal position, the compartment 41 is completely closed by the partition 8, which closes it off into a well defined compartment. rIhe opening of the lid, like the closing of it, affords security to it against displacement of the contents of the compartment 41. The compartment 40, on the other hand, requires special means for adapting it to retain its contents during the opening and closing of the lid of the box. For that purpose I provide upon the projecting edge of the partition 39 a gate 42, which is provided with a knuckle 48 encircling a pintle-rod 44. The rod 44 is encircled, in respect to its opposite ends, and supported by an infold 45 secured to the partition 39. The infold 45 is cut away for a distance a little greater than the longitudinal extent of the knuckle 43, as shown in Fig. IV, thereby exposing the pintle 4-4 to the engagement of it by the knuckle 43. The excess of length of the pintle 44 exposed over the knuckle 43 affords space for the longitudinal movement of the gate 42 a short distance, as indicated by the full line 46 and the dotted line 47 in Fig. IV. This movement is provided for the engagement and release of the gate 42 with and from a keeper 48, which, as shown in Figs. I and II, consists of an angle plate secured to the partition 39 and projecting over the edge thereof in to the path of the gate 42. Then the gate 42 is set to engage the keeper 48, the gate constitutes a movable partition to the compartment 40, which may be readily opened by slipping the gate from behind the keeper, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. IV, and lifting it to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. II. For convenience of transportation, the lid is preferably providedwith a handle 50.

In service, the several compartments of my box being supplied with an assortment of tackle or other articles segregated and distributed among the several compartments, become directly accessible immediately upon the opening of the lid of the box. It may be observed that with the exception of the tray 28, the drawer 33, and the gate 42, the contents of the box are exposed upon the opening of its lid directly to View, but that so far as these exceptions are concerned, the contents are made readily accessiblefby the opening of the lid. The closing of the lid, the tray 28 being in place, the gate 42 secured, and the drawer 33 closed, affords a simultaneous and secure closing of every compartment of the box so that its contents cannot become displaced or confused, the contents of each compartment being held to its appropriate place either directly by the top 10 of the lid itself, or by the partitions 38 and 89 thereof, which cover the compartments 86 and 87, the compartments 40 and 41 which they define being in turn closed by the walls 8 and 9, as specified.

That I claim is:

1. In a box or receptacle, the combination with a body and a lid, of partitions and ex tension-sides in the body extending from the bottom thereof to the lid, said body and lid, respectively, being provided with separate compartments upon opposite sides of the said partitions.

2. In a box or receptacle, the combination with a body and a lidof partitions and extension-sides in the body extending from the bottom thereof to the lid, said body and lid, respectively, being provided with separate compartments upon opposite Sides of the said partitions, and horizontal partitions for the compartments in the lid which constitute covers for the compartments in the body when the lid is closed.

8. In a box or receptacle, the combination with its body and lid, of extension-sides and partitions in the body extending from the bottom thereof to the top of the lid,a horizontal partition inclosed by said extensions and partitions and defining therewith separate compartments, and horizontal partitions in the lid defining compartments therein and affording covers for corresponding compartments in the body.

4. In a box or receptacle, the combination with its body and lid provided, as described, with horizontal and vertical partitions, and extension-sides in the body extending from the bottom thereof to they lid, said partitions and extension-sides defining compartments in the body and the lid, of a 4drawer in the body having a front-plate overlapped and secured in the closed position by the lid when closed.

5. In a box or receptacle, the combination with its body and lid hinged thereto, of extension-sides and partitions extending from the bottom of the body to the top of the lid when closed, a horizontal partition defining In testimony whereof have heieunto a compartment in the foi'wai'd end of the Signed niy naine in the presence of two subl0 lid, a gate foil said Compartment, and means sci'ibing witnesses.

'foi' securing the gate in the open oi' closed Y TAMU M. KERQJFY. position, at will, thereby aioi'chng ineane A .J 'toi' permitting opening and Closing the hd Vitnesses:

without displacing' the conte-nts of Said eoin- J. W. IDEN,

1 ii'tinent. T. J. VANHoi-n. 

